Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble Circles ST
Jonathan Edwards Let the Rough Side Drag Sailboat
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Weapon of Prayer Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Albert* Jones She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Albert* Jones You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Cal* Bostic Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Aarons And Ackley* Don't You And I
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Rock Around the Clock ST
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Show Me a Sign To Behold Jah
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert* Jones - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Greeley, Colorado, USA - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Colorado, USA

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - Skareggae

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Shirley Lewis Show Band

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

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